We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.